Published On: March 18, 2023 08:16 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
GENEVA, March 18: The Covid-19 pandemic could settle down this year to a point where it poses a threat similar to flu, the World Health Organization said Friday.
Published On: March 17, 2023 10:15 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
TOKYO, March 17 : A new dengue treatment that could become the first to prevent and treat the virus has proven effective in initial trials in monkeys, according to new research.
Published On: March 17, 2023 09:15 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
KABUL, March 17: In a madrassa in the Afghan capital, rows of teenage girls rock back and forth reciting verses of the Koran under the watchful eye of a religious scholar.
Published On: March 17, 2023 08:31 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
ZURICH, March 17: Credit Suisse rallied on the stock market Thursday after grabbing a $54 billion central bank lifeline in a bid to restore investor confidence but analysts remain wary about the major lender's future.
Published On: March 16, 2023 09:10 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
FLORENCE, Italy, March 16: Leonardo da Vinci, the painter of the "Mona Lisa" and a symbol of the Renaissance, was only half-Italian, his mother a slave from the Caucasus, new research revealed on Tuesday.
Published On: March 16, 2023 08:15 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
LAHORE, Pakistan, March 16: Clashes between Pakistan's police and supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan persisted outside his home in the eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, a day after officers went to arrest him for failing to appear in court on graft charges.
Published On: March 16, 2023 07:45 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
ZURICH, March 16: The expanded World Cup in North America got even more supersized on Tuesday. The governing body of soccer increased the size of the 2026 tournament for the second time - six years after the first - by approving a bigger group stage for the inaugural 48-team event.
Published On: March 15, 2023 09:00 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
PARIS, March 15: The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the sector's biggest failure since the 2008 financial crisis, has raised fears of potential spillover across the entire banking system.
Published On: March 14, 2023 09:45 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
STOCKHOLM, March 14: Arms imports into Europe almost doubled in 2022, driven by massive shipments to Ukraine, which has become the world's third-largest destination, researchers said Monday.
Published On: March 14, 2023 09:15 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
SEOUL, March 14: North Korea said Monday it had test-fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine, as South Korea and the United States kicked off their largest joint military exercises in five years.
Published On: March 14, 2023 08:45 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
ROME, March 13: About 30 migrants were missing and presumed drowned after the overcrowded boat they were on capsized during a rescue attempt by a cargo ship off Libya, Italy's coastguard said on Sunday.
Published On: March 7, 2023 10:00 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
KABUL, March 7: Male students trickled back to their classes Monday after Afghan universities reopened following a winter break but women remain barred by Taliban authorities.The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in August 2021 and has sparked global outrage -- including across the Muslim world.
Published On: March 7, 2023 08:25 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
QUETTA, Pakistan, March 7: A suicide bomber killed nine police officers and wounded 16 others Monday in an attack on their truck in southwestern Pakistan, officials said.
Published On: March 6, 2023 09:15 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
TALLINN, March 6 : Estonians go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament in a vote that could bolster far-right nationalists, who have campaigned on opposing further arms deliveries to Ukraine.
Published On: March 6, 2023 08:30 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
BEIJING, March 6: China said Sunday its military spending would rise at the fastest pace in four years, warning of "escalating" threats from abroad at a meeting of its rubber-stamp parliament that is set to hand Xi Jinping a third term as president.
Published On: March 6, 2023 07:51 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
KHROMOVE, (Ukraine), March 6: Pressure from Russian forces mounted Saturday on Ukrainians hunkered down in Bakhmut, as residents attempted to flee with help from troops who Western analysts say may be preparing to withdraw from the key eastern stronghold.
Published On: March 5, 2023 09:30 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
JERUSALEM, March 5: Olive oil, fragrant rose and orange blossom: the special "chrism" or holy anointing oil for the coronation of Britain's King Charles III has been blessed in Jerusalem's Old City.
Published On: March 5, 2023 08:45 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
LVIV, March 5: The president of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola called on Saturday, during a visit to Ukraine, for the country to be allowed to begin EU membership negotiations this year.
Published On: March 4, 2023 10:00 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
PHNOM PENH, March 4: Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha was on Friday sentenced to 27 years in jail for treason, a verdict that ruled him out of elections this year and was immediately denounced by the United States as a "miscarriage of justice".
Published On: March 4, 2023 08:03 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
CAIRO, March 4: Scientists have discovered a hidden passage inside Egypt's Great Pyramid, the authorities announced on Thursday, part of a seven-year international research project.